February 24, 2003	Monday	Zul Hijjah 22, 1423

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Hundreds stage rally to express solidarity with Iraq ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Hundreds of students from religious seminaries of the capital marched from Lal Masjid to Aabpara to express their solidarity with the Iraqi people....		Noor Khan terms air tragedy major blow to country ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Former Pakistan Air Force chief Air Marshal Nur Khan has said the Thursday air tragedy in which valuable lives were lost was a major blow to the country....
Woman commits suicide; 8 injured as roof caves in GUJAR KHAN, Feb 23: A woman allegedly committed suicide at Sohawa Town, while eight people were seriously injured when roof of a house caved in at Sagial village, sources said on...		Fund raising through Scrabble game ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: In a lively atmosphere, women from different continents and countries of the world, but using English as a common means of communication, were gathered at different tables in...
Little relief work in flood-hit areas JHANG, Feb 23: Residents affected by the recent flood in Chenab have complained that government departments and agencies had done very little relief work in their villages....		Jashn-i-Baharan opens despite cancellation SARGODHA Feb 23: Despite the cancellation of the annual Jashn-i-Baharan by the district Nazim in the wake of tragic air crash near Kohat, the Shahpur Tehsil Nazim on Sunday inaugurated the...
Marooned villagers demand compensation GUJRANWALA, Feb 23: Farmers in Wazirabad tehsil demanded that the Punjab chief minister should declare flood affected villages the calamity-hit areas besides providing them soft term loans and other agricultural equipment....		Man commits murder to please wife GUJRAT, Feb 23: A man killed a trader in Lalamusa just to please his estranged wife and bring her back to his house, police determined 35 days after the murder....
Head constable booked for thrashing professor JHANG, Feb 23: Kotwali police have registered a case against an Elite Force head constable for allegedly thrashing an assistant professor of Government College Faisalabad at a public place a few...		Exam centres at far-flung areas resented SADIQABAD, Feb 23: The examination centres for primary and middle standard students have been set up at a distance of some 40 to 50 kms from their respective schools....
Negative list items reduced to 12: Transit trade with Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Pakistan has decided in principle to reduce the number of items from 24 to 12 which it has restricted to pass through its territory under the Afghan Transit...		38 in run for Senate seats of Balochistan QUETTA, Feb 23: Arrangements have been completed in the Balochistan Assembly for the polling for 22 Senate seats from Balochistan, being held on Monday....
Gilgit tense over Karachi killings GILGIT, Feb 23: Tension gripped Gilgit city on Sunday as the news spread that seven out of the nine people shot dead in Karachi belonged to subdivision Nagar of Gilgit district....		Avalanche claims six more lives MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 23: Six more people were killed and 11 others were recovered alive with wounds after their house was hit by an avalanche in Neelum valley in third such incident...
Govt asked to ensure safety of journalists PARIS, Feb 23: International journalists’ rights organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) said this afternoon in Paris that it had called upon Pakistani authorities to “ensure the safety” of journalist Syed Anwar,...		PM vows to eradicate corruption ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has expressed his resolve to check corruption through vigilance, monitoring and follow-up....
Wasim gets Senate ticket ISLAMABAD Feb 23: Former chairman Senate Wasim Sajjad was allotted party ticket by PML-Q in the last moment to contest on the sole technocrat’s seat from Islamabad in Feb 27 Senate...		Inquiry report to be made public LAHORE, Feb 23: Acting Air Chief, Air Marshal Syed Qaiser Husain, said on Sunday that the only thing known about the PAF Fokker crash was that the plane had drifted and...
Couple, girl die of suffocation QUETTA, Feb 23: A newly-married couple and a minor girl died of suffocation, caused by gas heater, in Muslim Itehad Colony on Saturday, police said....		More rangers to be deployed ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Deployment of rangers will be increased in Karachi following the killing of nine people outside an Imambargah in Rafa-i-Aam Society on Saturday, the interior ministry’s spokesman, Iftikhar Ahmed,...
Nomination papers rejected QUETTA, Feb 23: The member of the Election Commission, Justice Ahmed Khan Lashari, rejected the nomination papers of Yasmeen Baloch of the Balochistan National Party for senate election from Balochistan, on...		Evacuation begins GILGIT, Feb 23: The army aviation helicopters on Friday started evacuating more than 700 passengers who have been stranded owing to rains and snow in Dasu, Barseen and Shitiyal areas to...
40,000 saplings to be planted GILGIT, Feb 23: The Northern Areas forest department has said that it would plant at least 40,000 saplings in all five districts in the plantation season that will commence in the...		One killed, 22 hurt in accident MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 23: An elderly man died and 32 others, half of them women, were wounded when a passenger bus veered off the road and plunged into a ditch in the...
MPs can vote for anyone they like, legal experts ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: The members of National Assembly and provincial assemblies would be free to vote for any candidate of their choice, as they would not be subject to any legal...		Rs137 million allocated for technical education SWABI, Feb 23: The NWFP government has allocated an amount of Rs137.8 million from the Zakat fund to impart technical education to the poor and needy students....
Heavy traffic adds to roads dilapidation PESHAWAR, Feb 23: Almost all major and minor roads in the metropolis are in a bad state, making it difficult for the traffic to ply smoothly....		Model university ordinance to hit students: teachers PESHAWAR, Feb 23: The proposed model university ordinance came under heavy criticism at a one-day seminar here on Saturday....
Juvenile law yet to be extended to Fata, Pata PESHAWAR, Feb 23: The federal and the NWFP governments have so far been unable to extend the Juvenile Justice Ordinance, 2000, either to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) or the...		Karakoram Highway opens MANSEHRA, Feb 23: The Karakoram Highway (KKH), which was blocked by snowfall and landslides, has been opened for traffic from Thakot to Barsin, a Frontier Works Organization spokesman told newsmen here...
3 held, arms seized in D. I. Khan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 23: Police have seized arms and ammunition and arrested three persons including a woman on Friday....		Jamaat’s charge against Sherpao TIMERGARA,  Feb  23:  Jamaat-i-Islami leaders of Lower Dir district have appealed to the Peshawar High Court to take notice of the alleged interference by federal minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao into...
Jamaat-i-Islami holds anti-US demonstration LAHORE, Feb 23: The Jamaat-i-Islami on Sunday took out a procession from its headquarters in Mansoora to protest against the impending US attack on Iraq....		No encroachment free of charge LAHORE, Feb 23: Encroachments continue to disrupt civic life in the provincial metropolis due to failure of the City District Government and six town administrations to launch an effective campaign against...
PAT wants OIC summit LAHORE, Feb 23: The Pakistan Awami Tehrik has asked the government to immediately convene an OIC summit to announce Muslim world’s policy for the next 25 years....		MPAs to be consulted on policies, says CM LAHORE, Feb 23: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said that the members of the Punjab Assembly would be consulted while formulating law and order policies, development projects and economic rehabilitation programmes....
Proposals on law, order discussed LAHORE, Feb 23: Proposals to maintain law and order during Muharram were discussed at a meeting on Sunday....		Attack on Imambargah terrorism: Noorani LAHORE, Feb 23: Interior Secretary Tasneem Noorani said on Sunday that the attack on a Karachi Imambargah was terrorism....
Nazim orders incentives for radiocab service LAHORE, Feb 23: District Nazim Mian Amer has ordered provision of incentives for starting radiocab service in the provincial metropolis and identification of suitable spots for taxi stands....		Anti-US demo LAHORE, Feb 23: Six non-government organizations and a political party staged a joint demonstration at Faisal Chowk on Sunday to condemn the US war mongering against Iraq....
Student’s murder exemplifies police ‘terrorism’ LAHORE, Feb 23: The murder of a student on Saturday has once again shown that police pickets pose a threat to people....		Jilani Kamran laid to rest LAHORE, Feb 23: Prof Jilani Kamran was laid to rest at the Karim Block graveyard in Allama Iqbal Town here on Sunday....